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EDWARD D.- FRASER AND JOHN FRASER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part in Letters Patent No. 364,003, dated May 31, 168'7.

, Application filed March 30, 1887. Serial No. 237,021. (X0 model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD D. FRASER and JOHN FRAsER, of Brooklyn,-in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bustle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the manufacture of a simple,cheap, and durable bustle, and one wherein the parts are so arranged that when the extending loops are subjected to any pressure directed toward the person of the wearer said loops will fold upward and inward to positions within the line of the mainsupporting hoop or loop, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had-to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views. Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved form of bustle, the parts being represented as they appear when in position for use;

and Fig. 2 is a view of the lower portion of the bustle, the parts being represented as they ap-- pear when the outer loops have been subjected to pressure.

In constructing such a bustle as the one illustrated in the drawings above referred to, we provide a main supporting loop or hoop, 10, the ends of which are bent toward each other at 11 and 12, said ends overlapping and being united by rivets 13, the ends of the band being capped, as shown at 14.. Just above the bends 11 and 12 there are arranged rivets 15, which serve as the supports for the ends of the auxiliary loops or hoops 16 and 17, said loops being held against any excessive outward unfolding by a retaining strip or band, 18, that is secured to the upper end of the arch formed by the main loop 10 and to each one of the 1 auxiliary loops or hoops. Between the overtially as described.

loop 10 being flat, the overlapping ends of saidloop will normally occupy planes that are at right angles to the general plane of the dome formed by the loop, so that the arms 20 will' be held to extend at about right. angles from said plane; but when the loops 16 and 17 are subjected to any pressure directed toward the person of the wearer, said loops will move upward toward the loop 10, subjecting the said main loop at this time to a torsional strain and assuming the position indicated in Fig. 2.

Instead of having a single rivet, 15, at each side ofthe main loop, the auxiliary loops might be mounted upon independent piv0ts-that is, the outerauxiliary loop would be riveted to the main loop 10, the second one would be riveted to the outer auxiliary loop, and so on.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as' new and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent 1. A bustle consisting, essentially, of main and auxiliary loops, the ends of the main loop overlapping and carrying spring-arms, which are connected to the lower auxiliary loop, said auxiliary loops being pivotally connected to the main loop, and being provided with a spacing-strip, substantially as described.

2. In a bustle, the combination, with a main loop, 10, that-is bent at 11 and 12, the ends of the loop being united by rivets 13, of arms 20,

to the lower auxiliary loop, a spacing-strip,

arranged as described, and a waistband to which the main loop is connected, substan- EDWARD D. FRASER. JOHN FRASER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD KENT, Jr., J. F. AcKER, Jr. 

